Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
Weekend events roundup
Here are some events taking place this weekend throughout the region: • perform at the Inn at St. Peter’s Village on Sunday at 2 p.m. •
Lansdowne, hosts a brunch and blues/jazz jam session on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. No reservations are needed. Admission is $4 at the door. •
Kennett Square, presents Funny at a Distance, a socially distanced comedy show on State Street, at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $50, which includes dinner and the show, which will feature ToppFlight, JoJo Collins and Glenn Freezman, with host Ms. Darkchild. To reserve, call 484-364-3001. •
performs in the Beer Garden at Saucony Creek Brewery’s Franklin Station brewpub, Reading, on Friday at 6 p.m.
The story of “Long Lost Solace Find,” the debut solo album by Mike Polizze, is a quintessential Philadelphia story. The singer-songwriter moved from Media to Fishtown in 2004, co-founding Birds of Maya and subsequently falling in with a nascent scene that included the War on Drugs, Kurt Vile and more. Polizze gradually pivoted to a more pop-inflected idiom that increasingly recalled the classic indie rock of the late ’80s and early ’90s. Then, in 2015, Christopher Smith of Paradise of Bachelors urged him to play the first proper solo show under his own name. The present album developed from that decisive moment, with Polizze, Jeff Zeigler and Vile hunkering down in Philly’s Uniform Recording to chip away at the 12 songs that would become “Long Lost Solace Find.”
Swedish high voltage female rock ’n’ rollers Thundermother return with “Heat Wave,” their fourth album and first since the band was founded that sees all four members contributing to the songwriting process. Whether in the lyrics or the arrangements, the group’s heart and brain are ingrained in the music. You can hear the emotional and creative harmony that has existed from the beginning between producer and Danish hard-rock hit-maker Soren Andersen and the band. The result is a more sophisticated version of an AC/DC-meets-Motorhead sound, with fresh modern hard rock elements and a rich ’70s groove. The songs cover the entire musical spectrum, everything from love ballads to blues to raucous party hits.
From its exhilarating opening bars, “Made of Rain” is classic Psychedelic Furs in both its sound and execution. It’s a joy to hear the band again, fresher than ever. Their peerless arrangements of art, aggression and ambience drive the dynamics, and it’s always been this originality that has set them apart, a cut above the rest. The last few years has seen the Furs’ legend growing, highlighted by the fact they have scored over 150 million streams of their songs worldwide. Their influence since arriving on the post-punk, scorchedearth landscape four decades ago has reverberated and resonated with everyone from The Strokes to The Killers to Foo Fighters to Bob Dylan. “Made of Rain” makes it certain that that trend will continue.
Soundcheck
The Coronas’ 13-year journey has definitely been unique. Having multiplatinum-selling albums and a huge fan base in their native Ireland, they’ve not only had to scrub their entire 2020 game plan for the release of their sixth album and a world tour being totally upended by a global pandemic, they have also been the target of lots of not-so-gentle ribbing. Sharing a name with the virus that has altered lives worldwide has been a challenge, but the rock band, whose name actually came from the typewriter in the Cameron Crowe film “Almost Famous,” has been actively engaging its fan base during the shutdown by posting acoustic performances, participating in online fundraising events and rolling out some of the new music and videos from “True Love Waits,” their first new album since 2017.
Well”
Ourselves”
Be Mine”
“Wishing
“Free
Though there were other integrated ’50s vocal groups, The Crests demonstrated that musical and racial harmony went hand in hand. Discovered singing in the subway with Johnny Mastro on lead vocals, they signed to Joyce Records, where their debut single, “Sweetest One,” charted nationally. Unfortunately, the label didn’t last long, but one of the writers for Joyce introduced the group to Coed Records, where they became the first signing for the label. It only took a couple of single releases to get to “16 Candles,” the eternal classic doo-wop ballad. Starting out as the B-side to “Beside You,” the track hit No. 2 on the pop charts and No. 4 on the R&B in early 1959, cementing their status in the annals of doo-wop.
Recorded at Quebec’s Mechanicland Studios and in frontwoman Katie Munshaw’s mother’s basement, “The Sun and Her Scorch” saw Dizzy taking an entirely